Grace Church soloist to present benefit recital for refugee relief
Concert to Be Hosted at Diocesan Mercer School of Theology in Garden City
Jody Mullen, a soprano soloist at Grace Church Brooklyn Heights, will offer a benefit concert this Sunday for world refugee support and relief. Her concert is part of a day of arts events in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, which involves icon writers from its parishes.
“You’ll Never Walk Alone” will take place at 2 p.m. at the George Mercer Jr. School of Theology. A freewill offering will be used entirely to support the status of refugees fleeing poverty and violence, particularly those from Syria and North Africa.
The Mercer School has a strong connection with Grace Church, as well as other parishes in the diocese, as a center of training for deacons and for lay leaders, such as Eucharistic ministers and vestries. Mullen joined forces with the Mercer School and its dean, the Rev. Dr. John Patrick McGinty, to raise money for refugee relief for those fleeing war and poverty and trying to reach Europe.